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France were concerned. What was the reason ! Some suppose that one reason, inter alia, was that the Amerioans were the kindred of the English people. If this reason be held to be valid, then America's friendship with the English people should be carefully distinguished from that with France. Whereas the “Syat” in the case of the latter relates to the outward i e. merely the strategic nature of the French and the American peoples, in the case of the former, the ‘Syat 'relates to the inmost i, e., the phylogenetio “nature" of the two nations.
3. Take the case of the Marshal plan. America is supposed to be anxious for reconstructing the prosperous economic position of the peoples who suffered in the last War. She has, however, not yet allotted any amount for the uplift of economic condition of India, the Middle East or Indonesia, inspite of repeated representions to that effect. Is then the sympathetic and charitable disposition of America underlying the Marshal plan to be doubted or denied ? No. The American monetary contribution for the im. provement of the economio status of the suffering countries is not to be understood as absolutely unrestricted. It should be taken to be conditioned by a "Syat” and the "Syát” in this case is with
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